The final major work of my PhD is finally out! In this work, we generated genetic switches that exerted enhanced performance upon bacterial encapsulation within materials, leading to switchable protein release from ELMs!

Link in the comments🧬🧬

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The first two successful PCRs as a fresh postdoc in the Materials Synthetic Biology group, led by Prof. Wilfried Weber.

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Not a bad start to this exciting opportunity 🧬 🧫.

Stay tuned for more!

“A long road paved with more than 400 oligos leading to a sleepless PCR machine”. That’s a #PhD wrap! Closing soon this chapter with pride, and opening the next one with excitement! 🧬 #synbio

Good night NY! 🗽

Views from the Brooklyn bridge 📸

Good morning Boston! 🍀🦞

Views from MIT campus 🎓

These are alginate beads containing engineered Lactobacillus. Our promoter is so strong that turns these probiotic bacteria red even inside materials! 🧬

Cool? Stay tuned! #elm #synbio